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- Conference brings youths together (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
MERRILLVILLE | About 200 young people from the Midwest attended a regional Xinos/Kudos conference at the Radisson Hotel.
- The Hold Steady: The best classic rock band you never heard of would ... - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
When bands like Hinder, Buckcherry or 3 Doors Down are heralded by pop culture pundits as being saviors of rock, returning the genre to prominence after a dominant run of pop starlets and hip-hop acts, you can’t help but wonder if the pundits ever ...
- New poet laureate has Southern Indiana roots (The Indianapolis Star)
JASPER An author who writes about his youth in the Southern Indiana city of Jasper and his German heritage has been named the state's second poet laureate.
- Palminteri brings "A Bronx Tale" to Denver in 2009 (Denver Post)
John Moore's column: Chazz Palminteri has announced he'll be performing his signature one-man play, "A Bronx Tale" at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. In his one-man play, Palminteri uses 18 characters to bring the actor's rough childhood to life.
- Comic books 'can get boys in the habit of reading' - Times Online
Young boys should be encouraged to read comic-book annuals such as the Dandy and Beano or books based on Disney tie-ins to get them into the reading habit young and help them to keep up with girls' at school, a government adviser says. Chris Brown ...
- Speak UP - Honolulu Advertiser
Sometimes the words shoot into mikes in forceful rapid fire; other times they flow smoothly from tongues in an almost hypnotic melody. And there are always the focused stares. The expressive faces. The lively hand motions. It's the art of the spoken ...
- Community briefs - Leaf Chronicle
What: Yard sale items are being accepted for this community event benefiting the American Cancer Society. Donations can be dropped off during the hours from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Anyone wishing to set up and sell their own items may do so for a ...
- At the library (Roslindale Transcript)
Check out what's happening at the West Roxbury and Roslindale Branch Libraries:
- Summer Solstice Poetry 7 features New Jersey poets BJ Ward and ... - Packet Online
Catherine KHN Magia will read and perform her poetry at Summer Solstice Poetry 7 in West Windsor, June 22. For all of his life, poet BJ Ward observed that his father had black hands, literally ink-stained from his work on the presses of the Newark ...
- Pulitzer Prize winner conducts Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society this ... - Wisconsin State Journal
For composer Aaron Jay Kernis, writing music is a way to explore life's fundamentals. Birth. Death. Creation and destruction, freedom and captivity. Kernis, who won the Pulitzer Prize at the age of 37 -- one of the youngest composers to do so -- will ...
- Bill would allow mixed martial arts contests in SC - WCNC (subscription)
Bill would allow mixed martial arts contests in SCWCNC (subscription), NC - 2 hours ago"It's like poetry in motion watching a great athlete out there doing what he does best." The South Carolina measure specifies that licensed fighters must be ...
- Our friends electric: Wall.E & family (Independent)
Look around you: the future's here. Robots build our cars. They save our lives, defusing terrorist bombs. They go to war, flying pilotless over enemy territory. And now comes a robot with the conscience of Al Gore and the comic timing of Charlie Chaplin, to save the planet and make everyone laugh.
- Young Poet Tells of Joy In Marbles (The Lakeland Ledger)
I have always enjoyed poems that celebrate the small pleasures of life. Here Max Mendelsohn, age 12, of Weston, Massachusetts, tells us of the joy he finds in playing with marbles.ODE TO MARBLES I love the sound of marblesscattered on the worn wooden floor,like children running away in a game of hide and seek.
- As Nelson Mandela Turns 90, a Look Back on His Leadership (The Online NewsHour)
On Friday, South Africa marks the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela, a symbol of reconciliation in a nation nostalgic about his leadership. In this 1994 NewsHour interview, Mandela reflected on South Africa's past and future.
- Utah Shakespearean Festival Begins Summer Season - Hurricane Valley Journal
The Utah Shakespearean Festival started as a small effort by Fred Adams and a few others who were interested in the arts, and has grown to offer nine plays a year and draw a large number of visitors. This summer, the festival will present six plays ...
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